Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
ततः प्रविश्य जलधिं तं दृष्ट्वा दानवं रुषा । खङ्गाग्रेण शिरश्छित्त्वा चर्ममुण्डधरा ततः
tataḥ praviśya jaladhiṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā dānavaṃ ruṣā | khaṅgāgreṇa śiraśchittvā carmamuṇḍadharā tataḥ
پھر سمندر میں داخل ہو کر اور اس دانو کو غصے سے دیکھ کر، اس نے تلوار کی دھار سے اس کا سر کاٹ دیا؛ اس کے بعد اس نے کھال اور کٹا ہوا سر اٹھا لیا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa speaking to sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha region) with sāgara-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Scene: A fierce goddess plunges into the dark ocean, confronts a Dānava, and with a single sword-stroke severs his head; she rises bearing the flayed hide and the severed head as grim emblems of victory.
FAQs
Dharma is not merely defended—it is decisively established; divine justice cuts through chaos even in the depths.
Prabhāsa’s oceanic boundary and sacred waters are foregrounded as the setting of the demon’s final defeat.
None directly; however, the ocean-setting naturally supports the māhātmya theme of tīrtha waters as spiritually potent.